date:May 21, 2014
nnes, up from 31 million tonnes in 2012-13.
However, soybean meal declined to 11.95 million tonnes, as compared to 14.66 million tonnes produced during the 2012-13.
Cotton production also recorded 3 million bales, which stood at 37 million bales in 2013-14, against 34 million bales last year (1 bale=170 kg), whereas sugarcane output stood at 348 million tonnes, up from 341 million tonnes last year.
As of May 1, the government has around 67 million tonnes of food grain stock, of which wheat wa